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After dinner mustard

Jean Antoine de Baif

Phraseologism: Mustard after dinner.

Meaning: About what becomes available when there is no longer any need for it.

Origin: From the book "Mimes, enseignements et proverbes" (1576) by French poet Jean Antoine de Baiif (1532-1589).

Random phraseology:

Baron Munchausen.

Meaning:

Harmless dreamer and braggart (jokingly ironic).

Origin:

The protagonist of the work of the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794) "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen". This book consists of Munchausen's "true" stories about his fantastic travels and incredible adventures in war and hunting. The prototype of the hero is a baron from Lower Saxony, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Munchausen (1720-1797), who for some time was in the Russian service as an officer in the Russian army and who is credited with a cycle of anecdotal stories that appeared (1781) in the Berlin magazine "Vademecum fur lustige Leute" ( "Guide for funny people"). However, the true authorship of these publications has not been definitely established. In the form of a book, these stories appeared thanks to the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe, who, while in England, published them (1786) in English at Oxford under the title "Stories of Baron Munchausen about his wonderful travels and campaign in Russia." The German translation of this book was made by Gottfried August Bürger (1747-1794) and published anonymously in the same year under the title "Wonderful travels by water and land and the merry adventures of Baron Munchausen".

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